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2017-01-12

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<p>Modern slavery including the trafficking of children is an abhorrent crime and
this Government is committed to tackling it. The National Referral Mechanism (NRM)
is the UK’s approach to identifying and supporting all victims of modern slavery.</p><p>In
2015 there were a total of 365 children under the age of 16 who were identified as
potentially trafficked via an NRM referral.</p>

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the impact on the
independence of the Chief Inspector of Borders and Immigration of the Home Secretary
deciding when to publish his reports.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government why Syed Muzaffar Shah Qadri has been given permission
to enter the United Kingdom; and what assessment they have made of the reported decision
by the government of Pakistan to ban him from preaching in Pakistan.

<p>The Government has no plans to conduct an investigation into the collapse of Bradford
and Bingley plc in 2008.</p><p> </p><p>The National Audit Office concluded in its
report of 4 December 2009 that the public support provided to the UK’s banking system
by the Treasury was justified, given the scale of both the economic and social costs
if one or more major banks had collapsed. In providing that support, the Treasury
met two of the Government’s principal objectives, namely maintaining financial stability
and protecting retail depositors.</p>

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 9 January 2017 to
Question 58110, whether his Department has modelled which VED bands the 1.2 million
affected VW vehicles would have been placed in had the correct emissions data been
available at the time of registration.

<p>The issue with some Volkswagen diesel cars refers to their nitrogen dioxide emissions.
Vehicle Excise Duty bands are set according to carbon dioxide emissions, which are
not affected by the existence of “defeat devices”.</p>

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the potential
effect on wages for people in semi and unskilled jobs of changes to the proportion
of non-UK nationals entering the adult workforce.

<p>The evidence on the impact of immigration on wage rates is mixed, although a 2015
working paper by the Bank of England found an increase in the immigrant to native
ratio has a small negative impact on average British wages, particularly within the
semi/unskilled services occupational group.</p>

<p>During the Treasury’s consultation with industry in 2014 we received a wide range
of cost estimates for the transition to the new £1 coin varying by individual business
need, mostly attributed to the need to upgrade coin handling equipment. It is therefore
not possible to provide an accurate estimate of the total cost to industry.</p><p>
</p><p>We have, however, taken a number of steps to help manage these costs. For instance,
the early announcement of the new coin has provided businesses with a long lead time
allowing for effective and extensive planning ahead of the changeover. Individual
businesses and the wider economy will also benefit from the reduced costs associated
with a fall in the counterfeit rate, as well as from a currency in which there is
widespread confidence.</p>

<p>The independent Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) is responsible for producing
the official forecasts. The OBR have made no assessment of the proportion of UK GDP
that will be represented by small business manufacturing in 2020. However, using figures
from the Office for National Statistics it can be shown that small business manufacturing
made up approximately 2.1 per cent of the UK economy in 2015.</p>

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the total amount of benefit and tax credit
debt (a) repaid and (b) written-off was in each financial year from 2003-04 to 2015-16
in each region and constituent part of the UK.

<p>The information is not readily available in the form requested and could only be
obtained at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p>The overall amounts for benefit repaid,
written off and owed at the end of the financial year can be found in DWP’s Annual
Report and Accounts. The following link provides information for the latest financial
year 2015 -2016: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/534934/print-ready-dwp-annual-report-and-accounts-2015-2016.pdf"
target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/534934/print-ready-dwp-annual-report-and-accounts-2015-2016.pdf</a></p><p>
</p><p>The overall amounts of tax credit debt, repayments, remissions and write-offs
are published in HMRC’s Annual Report and Accounts. The 2015-16 report is available
at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/537876/HMRC_Annual_Report_and_Accounts_2015-16-_print_.pdf"
target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/537876/HMRC_Annual_Report_and_Accounts_2015-16-_print_.pdf</a></p>

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the total amount of benefit and tax credit
debt owed was at the end of each financial year from 2003-04 to 2015-16 in each region
and constituent part of the UK.

<p>The information is not readily available in the form requested and could only be
obtained at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p>The overall amounts for benefit repaid,
written off and owed at the end of the financial year can be found in DWP’s Annual
Report and Accounts. The following link provides information for the latest financial
year 2015 -2016: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/534934/print-ready-dwp-annual-report-and-accounts-2015-2016.pdf"
target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/534934/print-ready-dwp-annual-report-and-accounts-2015-2016.pdf</a></p><p>
</p><p>The overall amounts of tax credit debt, repayments, remissions and write-offs
are published in HMRC’s Annual Report and Accounts. The 2015-16 report is available
at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/537876/HMRC_Annual_Report_and_Accounts_2015-16-_print_.pdf"
target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/537876/HMRC_Annual_Report_and_Accounts_2015-16-_print_.pdf</a></p>